Unit 2
Writing: describe a scene 1 Think of a place you know well. It can be a place you like or one that you dislike. 2 Make a word web by asking yourself:
What I see
• What can I see? • What can I hear? • What can I smell? • What do I feel about the place?
Place
What I feel
What I hear
What I smell and taste
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Use figurative language. • Make up a metaphor or a simile to describe something that you saw. Example: The bright red flowers are lipstick kisses on the tree. • Include at least one example of onomatopoeia to describe something that you heard. Example: The trucks rattle past. • Make sure that each paragraph has a topic sentence followed by details related to the main idea. You may want to use some of the adjectives from the box on the right. 4 Revise what you have written. Use the checklist to help you.
Adjectives for you to use attractive beautiful bleak built-up
gloomy isolated lively magnificent modern mysterious old-fashioned
Have I: created a vivid picture of my place? given an impression of the sounds I can hear in my place? used words and phrases that create the mood I want? written paragraphs that have one main idea?
cluttered colourful cramped crowded deserted desolate dreary dusty eerie glittering
peaceful polluted remote restful secluded tranquil welcoming
5 Make changes to improve your description. Check that you have used full stops and capital letters where necessary.
• Tell students that what they feel can be either physical, such as the warmth of the sand under their toes, or emotional, such as a feeling of excitement. • Suggest that, in their journal , students note words and phrases that they come accross in their reading and which they enjoy. They can also keep an ongoing a list of ideas for stories. • Portfolio: Involve students in preparing their portfolios by accumulating samples of their best work and writing a few sentences, reflecting on the process of writing and why they chose that piece.
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